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I caved and read Cricket's review. It's not like I was spoiler-free for this movie. And so I also went and read the short story that G.C. kindly linked to.
Having done so, I'd have to say that ... if you don't get the connection between the two cowboy lovers while they're up on Brokeback Mountain, but rather feel it only when they spent years apart pining for each other ... it's that way in the source material and I feel that the movie can't be blamed for that.
From what I hear, the movie has more emphasis than might be hoped for on the wives of the cowboys. I would also find this to be expected in a movie expanding upon a 30-page short story. I will find it a shame if the sadness of the wives who find their husbands more in love with their gay lovers overshadows the sadness of the gay lovers who spend most of their lives in denial and in the closet till it's too late. But the source material leaves it open for the women to be more expressive and clearly has the guys being less expressive than your average labrador.
In short, before even seeing the film for myself, I think many of the film's reputed shortcomings are the fault of the source, not the screenplay.
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